Creating Blogs

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CREATINGBLOGS

GENERALINFORMATIONABOUTBLOGS

Ablog(shortforweblog)isajournalthat'savailableontheweb. Theactivityofupdatinga

blogiscalledblogging,andsomeonewhokeepsablogisablogger.Frequently,blogsare

updatedusingsoftwarethatallowspeopletopostmaterialstothewebwithouthavingtoknow

HTML,webarchitecture,orserverlocation.Postingsonablogarealmostalwaysarrangedin

chronologicalorder,withthemostrecentadditionsfeaturednearthetopofthepage.

Simplystated,ablogisawebsitethatyoucanupdateeasilyandcontributetofromanywhere

youhaveanInternetconnection.Usingablogasacommunicationtoolinyourclassroomcan

increasetheamountofofflinecommunicationbetweenstudentsandmaygreatlyreducethenumberofclassroom-relatedemailmessagesyoureceive.Studentswillbemoreinclinedto

readyourblogpostingsandprovidefeedbackcomments;otherstudentsmayviewthisfeedback

anduseittosolveproblemsontheirown,ormaycontacttheoriginatorofacommentfor

assistance.Blogshelpyoutopublishthoughts,ideas,andassignments,whilecreatingengaging

onlinecommunitiesthataresimpletoupdateontheweb.

Usingblogsintheclassroomcanbeachallengingtask.Therearetwobasicstrategiesfor

implementingblogsintheclassroom:

Theinstructorblogsandthestudentsrespondtothatblogviathecommentssection.

Allstudentscreateblogs,andtheinstructorsubscribestoeach,aggregatingthemwithatool

suchasGoogleReader.

Blogscanbebeneficialtolearninginthreeways:

Engaginglearnersinanactiveonlinecommunitybyusingcommentsorstudentblogs.

Easilyedited,web-basedcommunicationwithoutallthedrawbacksofemail.

Simplewebediting;knowledgeofHTMLisnotnecessary.

FORONLINETIPSABOUTBLOGGINGANDSTUDENTMODELSsee

http://drslickchildrensadlit.blogspot.com/


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CREATINGABLOGUSINGBLOGSPOT(GOOGLE)

WhenyouhaveaGoogleAccountyoucanmakeaBlogspot.comBlogveryeasily.

SignintotoyourGoogleAccount.SelecttheMoretabatthetop,andinthedropdownmenu

selectevenmore.Thiswillbringyoutothefollowingpage.

FromthisscreenyoucanchooseBlogger.

YouwillbetakentothispagetocreateaBlog


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ChooseCreateaBlogandyouwillbetakentothispage.


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Youwillenteryourgmailaccountaddress,retypeit,enterapassword(writethisdownsoyou

willrememberit),enteraDisplayName.IfyouhavealreadyestablishedaGmailaccountthe

screenwillaskyoutosignin.Aftersigninginyouwillfindthisscreen:

Namingyourblog:Irecommendauniquename.relatedtoyourroleasafutureteacherand

thecontentoftheblog.Yourlastnameasafutureteacher?Mabenotbestchoiceifyou

marrynamewillchange.Ifthesiteisaboutreading,literature,books,languagearts,

writing,nameitwithacarchyname.Hereareexamples:

YourBlogNamewillappearonthescreensoyouwillwanttocreateauniqueone.Youwillthen

addwordtothehttpaddresswhichbecomesthelinkyoureyourblog.Thentypeword

verificationandcontinue.

YouwillbebroughttothisscreentochooseaTemplate


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Youcanpreviewthetemplatesbeforeselecting.Clickcontinueandyouwillbebroughttothis

screen


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ChooseStartBloggingandyouwillbebroughttothisscreen

IfyouchoosesettingsyoucanseeavarietyoftabsincludingPermissionsonthefarrighttab.If

youclickpermissionsyouwillbebroughttothisscreen.


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NoteyourBlogisopentoallreadersbydefaultyouwillwanttoleaveitopentoallforthis

class.ReturntothemainpageandselecttheLayoutPage.Thescreenwilllooklikethis


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HereyoucanaddandrearrangepageelementsIrecommendyoustartwithAboutMeandadd

aphotoandinformationaboutyou.

CHOOSETEMPLATEDESIGNERTOGETDIFFERENTLAYOUTSEEGRAPHICBELOW


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ADDINGGADGETSTOYOURBLOG

AddingaGadget

SowhatisaGadget?BasicallyagadgetisawaytoaddfunctionalitytoyourBlog.Agadgetcan

dojustaboutanythingyoucanthinkofitasaminiatureprogramthatisrunningonyourblog

page.Agadgetcanshowyoutheweatherforyourarea,cutepictures,allowyoutoplaymath

games,shownewsheadlinesthepossibilitiesarealmostendless.

Therearetwotypesofgadgets:

1.agadgetprovidedbyGoogle

2.agadgetprovidedbysomethird-party

NextCheckoutAddaGadget.Iencourageyoutotrysomeoftheseyoucanalwaysdelete

them.GOTOPAGEELEMENTS

WhereveryouclickonwordsAddaGadget,thatwillbewherethegadgetisplaced.

Onceyoudoso,theAddaGadgetwindowwillappear.Youcansearchforagadgetbyname

bytypingakeywordinthebox,thenclickonthebluesearchicon.Youcanalsoclickonasection

onthelefthandsideandscrolldowntobrowsethevariousgadgets.Finally,youcanalsoclick

onAddyourOwnandaboxwillappearwithinstructionsonhowtopointtothegadgetyou

wanttoputonthewebpage.

WHENADDINGAGADGETYOUWILLNEEDTOCONFIGUREITFORYOURPAGE


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TheonesIaddedwereallunderBASIC.

PictureYoucanaddaphotofromyourcomputer

SlideShowYoucanaddaslideshowofphotosfromPicasaWebAlbums,FlickrorPhotoBucket

SearchYoucancreateasearchbarforotherstosearchyourblog

LinkListYoucancreatealistofbestsitesforeducations,languageartsteachers,reading

teachersetc.

BlogListYoucanlistyoufavoriteblogsites.ThisistheBlogRollDescribedbyMorganabove

ListYoucanlistsomeofyourfavoritebooksandauthors

BelowisanexampleofGadgetsIaddedtoaBlogSiteforAdolescentLiterature


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Iaddedthefollowing:

Text

Addsomewordstoyourblog-likeawelcomemessage-withourrichtext

editor.

ByBloggerHereItypedashortwelcomeexplainingthesite.

BlogList HereIplantoaddmyfavoriteblogsaboutadolescentlit.

Showoffwhatyoureadwithablogrollofyourfavoriteblogs.

ByBlogger


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LinkList HereIplantoaddfavoritewebsites

Addacollectionofyourfavoritesites,blogs,orwebpages.

ByBlogger

List HereIplantoaddfavoritebooksandtheirauthors.

Addalistofyourfavoritebooks,movies,oranythingyoulike.

ByBlogger

Labels Ihighlyrecommendaddingthisitmakesitpossibletosortof

haveaTableofContentsforyourBlog.

Showallthelabelsofpostsinyourblog.

ByBlogger

TUTORIALCREATINGABLOGROLLONYOURBLOG

1. Gotohttp://www.blogspot.com.2. Login!3. Underthetitleofyourblog,clicktheDesignlink.4. Youshouldbelookingatablanktemplateofthearrangementofyourblog.Ontherightside,

theresalinkthatsaysAddaGadget.Clickit.Aseparatewindowwillopen.

5. Chooseyourgadget.Forthepurposesofthistutorial,wellcreateablogroll.6. Titleyourlist.Iftheresathemetotheblogs,additinthetitle.Imgoingtocallmine

EducationalBlogs.

7. Choosehowyourblogsaresortedalphabeticallyorbymostrecentlyupdated.8. Thenextdropdownmenuaskshowmanyblogsyouwouldlikeyourblogrolltodisplay.Thisis

uptoyou,aswellaswhatcomponentsoftheblogsyouwanttherolltodisplay.9. Minimizetheblogrollsetupboxandopenanewtaborwindow.Findablogyouwanttodisplay

inyourblogrollifyouhaventalready.CopytheURL.

10. Gobacktotheblogrollsetupboxandclickonthelinkthatsays,Addablogtoyourlist.11. PastethelinkinandclickADD.Youllnowseethebloginyourlist.Youcanrepeatthisby

clickingthebluebuttonthatsaysADDTOLISTuntilyouveincludedalloftheblogsyoulike.

Whenyouredone,clicktheSAVEbutton.


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12. Thewindowwillhaveclosed.Atthetopofthepagenexttoallofthetabs,clickViewBlogandseewhatyournewblogrolllookslike.Youcanalwaysgobackandtweakwhichblogsyouwant

toincludeandhowmanyyouwanttodisplay.

13. Also,feelfreetogobackandexploremanyoftheothergadgets.BlogSpotallowsyoutoincludevideosbykeywordonyourblog,linkstootherwebsites,polls,andmore.Think,create,and

explore!

EXPLORETHEFONTSANDCOLORSTOMAKESTUNNINGPAGES

OntheLayOutTabNextgotoFontsandColors.Haveagoodtimeexplorewhatyoucando

tomakeastunningpage.Myexperimentisbelow.

Youcaneasilypreviewwhatyouchooseandreturnandchangecolors.Makesurethefontsare

readable.

ATTHISPOINTYOUHAVECREATEDASIDEBARABOUTYOURSELFANDHAVEINCLUDED

GADGETSTOADDITEMSTOTHISSIDEBAR.

ADDINGABLOGLINKTOYOURGOOGLESITEANDWORKINGWITHTHEDASHBOARD


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AfteryouhavecreatedyourBlogtoaddthelinktoyourGooglesiteIrecommendyougoto

yourWelcomepageandcopyandpastetheexactaddresstoyourblogthere.Addanote

invitingreaderstocheckoutyourblog.

WhenyouhavecreatedablogwhenyoulogintotheGoogleSite,youcaneasilyreturntoyour

Blogbygoingtothetabsatthetopofthepage,selectthemoretab,selectevenmore,anditwillbringyoutoanyitemsyouhavecreatedthatareconnectedtoGoogle---andtheBloglinkis

thereorlogintohttp://www.blogger.com/homeandsigninanditwilltakeyoutoyour

DashboardwithalistofBlogsyouhavecreated.

Hereisanexampleofmyexplorationsmydashboard.

IwantedyoutoknowthatIhaveexperimentedwithBlogssoifyouwanttogetsomeideas

checktheseout:http://slick-drslickblog.blogspot.com/,http://sue-slick.blogspot.com/,

http://kidslityalit.blogspot.com/;http://slicktechworld.blogspot.com/.

YOUTUBETUTORIALSFORHELPWITHBLOGS

CreateaBloginaFewMinutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnploFsS_tY&feature=related

CreatingaBlogList http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5cMEOl9Js&feature=channel_page


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AddingaGoogleGadgettoBlog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-

OVRlXn9mAs&feature=related

AddingaVideotoYourBlog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnzlOYaeOwU&feature=channel

Ifyourunintotroubleclickhere: http://help.blogger.com/

SAMPLEBLOGS

PlanetEsmebyEsmeCodellhttp://planetesme.blogspot.com/

EsmeRajiCodellwhohaswrittenEducatingEsmeaboutherfirstyearteachingisfromthe

Chicagoareaandshehastaughtelementaryschool.Hereisaquotefromhersection About

MeI'maprofessionalreadiologistwhothinkschildren'stradeliteratureisourbesthopefor

equalizingeducationinAmerica.Anyonewhosaystheycareaboutkidsandschoolsanddoesn't

readaloudislying,orabouttomakethediscoveryofalifetime.

TheJoyofChildrensLiteraturebyDeniseJohnson

http://thejoyofchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/ (authorofourtextbook)

MissRumphiusEffectBlogspot http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/

JenRobinsonsBookpage http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/

AYearofReadingbyTwoTeachersWhoReadAlot http://readingyear.blogspot.com/

WildRoseReaderhttp://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/

SevenImpossibleThingsBeforeBreakfast http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1047

ReadRoger:TheHornbookEditorsRantsandRave http://www.hbook.com/blog/

GADGETSANDWIDGETS:SUGGESTIONSFORBLOGSFORTEACHERS

CheckoutGoogle Gadgets.Gotoyoursite,gotomanagesite,selectaddgadget.Scrollto

seethechoices.Rememberthisisateachersitesochooseaccordingly.Hereareexamples:

LABEL ShowallthelabelsofpostinyourblogveryhelpfultoaddtagtoyourpostPHOTOS : Makeatextboxandinsertaheadshotphotoofyou(professional-lookingnotwithboyfriend,significantothers,spouseatthebeach.

TEXYBOX:Addbasicinformationaboutyourself.Ifteaching--Name,School,Gradecontactinformationemail.IfnotteachingName,FloridaGulfCoastStudent,MajorMinor,Yearof

Graduation,email.OrAddafavoritequote,.


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PICASA SLIDESHOW PicasaisapartofGooglesuitesoyoucaneasilyaddaslideshowcreatedinPicasa

PICASA PHOTO STREAM or FLICKR PHOTO STREAMFlickr(Yahoo)Aphotostreamyouselectphotothatstreamandrecycle----itisnotaslideshow.

POLL Pollstudentsaboutfavoritebooks,currentissues.BLOG LIST Listblogaddressesofotherstudentsintheclass(Youmaywanttorename

addingtheirlastnamebeforetheirBlogSiteName.)Taketimetosearchforteacherblogs,your

field,yourgradelevelfindfavorites,andcheckouttheirblogrolls.

LINK LIST Addacollectionofyourfavoritesites,blogs,webpages.Planaheadconsider

categoriesofliststoadd.BestBlogsSites2013.,NewWeb2.0Resources,Websitesfor

HolocaustResources,WebsitesRelatedto(SocialJustice,Anti-bullying,HistoricalFiction:Civil

War,RevolutionaryWat,HurricaneSurvival,SavingtheAnimals,etc.

LISTS Addalistofyourfavoritebooks,movies,etc.Againcategorize.FavoriteProfessional

TeachingBooksuchasTeachingWriting,TeachingTechnologyResourcesforStudents;Favorite

Booksfor5thGradeStudents,FavoritePoetryBooks,etc.

GOING BEYOND SOME BASIC GADGETS

TryoutaVokihttp://www.voki.com/

Youmakeacharacterwhocantalktotheaudience!

Checkoutthesuggestionsonthissite. http://blogs.funiber.org/formacion-

profesores/2012/01/26/building-blogs-as-learning-environments/

TryoutGoodreadsORShelfari-socialnetworksitesthatallowsyoutocreatebookshelvesofbooksyouhaveread.Gotohttp://www.goodreads.com/ORhttp://www.shelfari.com/

createyourbookshelves.Thencheckoutthegadgets.

Checkoutsuggestionsonthissite http://theedublogger.com/2010/10/21/top-widgets-for-the-

sidebar-of-your-class-or-student-blog/

SeeWidgetsiteshttp://www.widgetbox.com/widgets/gallery/

Theyarefreeheredontbefooled.

SeeTipsaboutCreatingBlogstousewithstudents.http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-useful-blogging-tools-for-teachers/

SeeVocabularyWidgets http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/09/vocabulary-widgets-for-

your-blog-or.html

ForChildrensLiteratureWidgetsbyReadingRockets.

http://www.readingrockets.org/sharing/widgets/


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Edublogstopwidgetssee http://edublogs.org/2010/10/21/the-top-widgets-to-embed-in-your-

blog/

100BlogsEveryNewTeachersShouldRead http://www.onlineschools.org/2009/10/20/100-

blogs-every-new-teacher-should-read/

MAKEPLANSFORORGANIZINGANDLABELINGMAKINGITEASIERTOREADYOUR

BLOG.

TABS AT THE TOP OF A BLOG PAGEPAGES Pagesarestaticpages.Whenareadergoestoapageyouwillhaveonepostvisibleonthepages.Thisisnotagoodchoicewhenmakingplansforanon-goingblog.

CATEGORIES Ifyouarewantingtocreatetabsatthetopofyourblogpagestohelpyoureadergotodifferentcategoriesofinformation,youwillwanttocreatethesecategoriesusingLABELS.Youmight

wanttochooseyourplannedCategoriesthatrelatetoChildrensorAdolescentLiterature.Theimportant

thingwillbetobesuretoaddLABELStoyourpoststothecategoriesyouwantyourreadertoview.

Here is a tutorial for creating your categorieshttp://www.infobarrel.com/Create_Categories_at_the_Top_of_Your_Blogger_Blog

How to Make Blog INTO WHAT IS MORE LIKE A WEBSITE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-Mbunjmng&feature=share&list=ULQh-Mbunjmng

How to Use Blog With Studentshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm_ZbmoVIF4&feature=share&list=ULPm_ZbmoVIF4

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